Folding box.



No. 628,|96. Patented July 4, |899.

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F 0 L D I N G B 0 X. (Application filed A pr. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ELBER'I M. CUNARD, OF IVESTVILLE, AND CHALKLEY C. IIANNOLD, OFIVOODBURY, NEW JERSEY.

FOLDING BOX.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 628,196, dated July4,1899.

Application led April 29, 1899. Serial No. 715,014. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELBERT M. CUNARD, a resident of Westville, andCHALKLEY C. HANNOLD, a resident of Woodbury, in the county ofGloueesterand State of New Jersey, citizens of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Boxes, of whichthe following is a specilication.

Our invention relates particularly to those folding boxes which aregenerally constructed of sheet metal and which arealso adapted to befolded into small compass, so as to be placed and carried in agarment-pocket of ordinary size, or which can be readily unfolded andset up to provide a rigid box in which food or other articles may beplaced and protected from injury or the liability of being crushed whilebeing carried; but our invention is well adapted for large boxes, aswell as boxes of ordinary size.

In order that our invention may be fully understood, we will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure I is a perspective view of our improved folding box. Fig. II isan edge view of the box after it is folded, the body being locatedwithin the cover and concealed thereby. Fig. III is a perspective viewof the body of the box, showing it in 'course of being set up, thearrows shown in connection therewith indicating the direction in whichthe parts are moved when it is desired to fold the body. Fig. IV is aninside view ofthe body when laid out. Fig. V is an edge view of the bodyafter it is folded ready to be placed within its cover. Fig. VI is adetail view of a handle-loop, showing a modification.

In carrying out our invention we construct the body of our box of eightapproximately square pieces of any kind of suitable sheet material, suchas sheet metal. 1 are the two bottom pieces of the body, each bottompiece being formed with an outturned lip-liange 1a at its inner edges,with an inturned lip-flange 1b at one side, and with an upturnedlap-flange 1Q at the other side. The

side lip-flange 1b and the lap-flange 1c of one bottom piece are locatedat opposite sides vto the side lip-flange 1b and the lap-liange 1c ofthe other bottom piece.

Each side of the body consists of two pieces 2 3, one side piece 2 beingformed with an outturned lip-flange 2 at its vertical inner edge andwith an inturned lip-flange 2" at its vertical outer edge, and the otherside piece 3 being formed with an ontturned lip-ange 3 at its verticalinner edge, with an inturned lip-liange 3b at its lower edge, and with ahalf inturned lap-flange 3 at the lower part of its vertical outer edge.The two similar pieces 2 of the sides are located opposite the othertwosimilar pieces 3 ofthe sides.

4 are the two end pieces of the body, each formed with an inturnedlip-flange 4 at its vertical inner edge, with an inturned lapflange 4bat its lower edge, and with an inturned half lap-flange I at the upperpart of its vertical outer edge. The adjacent lipflanges of thebody-pieces are hinged together by pins 5.

6 are two pieces which provide a cover for the body of the box and areeach formed with downturned lap-flanges (ia at the sides, havingoverlapping ears 61?, and with a downturned lap-flange 6c at the outerend. The

ears 6" of the cover are hinged together by f headed pivots 7, so as toadapt the two parts of the cover to be folded together and occupy thespace of one part of the cover, while the chamber formed thereinprovides a receptacle for the body of the box when folded.

The end pieces are provided with tonguepieces S, pivoted thereto byfastenings 9, so as to occupy one position (shown in Figs. I and III) orto be turned in the opposite position out of the way, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. IV, when the body is folded. Each piece 6 of the cover isprovided with a transverse loop 10, secured by rivet-fastenings 11, asshown in Fig. I, or by passing the ends of the loops through slots l1and bending them against the inside of the cover, as shown in Fig. VI,and through these loops the end of a strap l2 extends. 'lhis strap isprovided at its ends with buckles 13, with which the tongue-pieces 8 areadapted to be engaged. Secured to the strap 12 is a carrying-handle orhandheld 14. It will thus be understood IOO ` the strap-buckles 13 tosecure the cover.

that the bottom pieces are hinged together, that the flanged sides 3 arehinged to their respective bottom pieces, that the end pieces 4 arehinged to the other side pieces 2,which in turn are hinged to theflanged side pieces To set up the body, it is opened on the bottomhinge, the end pieces 4. and side pieces 2 and 3 are turned upward fromthe bottom pieces l, the end pieces 4 are turned outward on the adjacentside pieces 2, and the end pieces 4 and side pieces 2 are swung aroundaway from the side pieces 3, and the bottom pieces l are partly foldeddownward, so that the parts assume the positions shown in Fig. III. Thelower edges of the side pieces 2 are passed inside of the upturnedlap-flanges lC of the bottom pieces l, and the bottom pieces l arestraightened out. The end pieces 4 are brought into position so thattheir inturned lap-flanges 4b extend beneath the bottom pieces l tosupport the latter, and their outer vertical edges are tucked within thehalf lapilanges 3 of the side pieces 3, and the half lap-flanges 4c ofthe ends extend outside the outer edges of the side pieces 3, thusinterlocking the ends with the bottom and sides of the body. Thecoverpieces 6, being straightened out, can next be placed on the body.The tongues S on the end pieces are turned to vertical position andengaged with To fold the body, the tongues are unbuckled and turneddownward, the cover removed, the ends detached and folded inward on theside pieces 2, and the side pieces 2, with the ends, are folded on theside pieces 3, and the ends and side pieces are folded on theirrespective bottom pieces and the bottom pieces folded together. The bodyis next placed in the inner part of the cover and the outer part of thecover folded thereover, so that the folded body is entirely concealed.

The lap-flanges 4h on the lower edges 0f the end pieces are adapted tosupport the ends of the bottom pieces when the lap-[langes 4C of the endpieces 4 are passed over the lapi'langes 3c of the side pieces 3.

Having thus described our invention, thel followingis what we claim asnew therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A folding-box body comprising the bottom pieces hinged together, thesides each side consisting of two pieces hinged together, one piece ofeach side being formed with an inturned lap-flange at its vertical outeredge,l and hinged to a bottom piece, and the end pieces each end piecebeing formed with an inturned bottom lap-flange and an inturnedlap-flange at its vertical outer edge and hinged to one of the otherside pieces; substantially as described.

2. A folding-box body comprising the bottom pieces hinged together, eachof the bottom pieces having an upturned lap-flange, the sides, each sideconsisting of two pieces hinged together, one piece of each side beingformed with an inturned lap-fiange at its vertical outer edge, andhinged to a bottom piece, and the end pieces, each end piece beingformed with an inturned bottom lap-flange and an inturned lap-flange atits vertical outer edge and hinged to one of the otherside pieces;substantially as described.

3. A folding boX comprising a body having bottom pieces hinged together,the sides; each side consisting of two pieces hinged together, one pieceof each side being formed with an inturned lap-flange at its verticalouter edge, and hinged to a bottom piece, and the end pieces; each endpiece heilig formed with an inturned bottom lap-flange and an inturnedlap-ange atits vertical outeredge and hinged to one of the other sidepieces, and the cover consisting of two pieces having downtnrnedlap-flanges at their sides formed with ears hinged together and withdownturned lapanges at their ends; substantially as described.

ELBERT M. CUNARD. CI-IALKLEY C. HANNOLD.

Witnesses:

W. HARRISON LIVERMORE, CHARLES F; WEATHERBY.

